Monday, February 12, 2007

Soothsayer from UTOPIA

My prediction for the first round. I think South Africa will top Group A. The second round will see a resurgent India beat Australia in a totally one-sided game in their first game. India will continue its run beating West Indies, New Zealand and England before being checked by South Africa. India will start afresh beating Pakistan in their last game. finishing second behind South Africa in the overall table.



Group A
South Africa
Australia

Group B
India
Srilanka

Group C
England
New Zealand

Group D
Pakistan
West Indies

Second Round

South Africa
India
Srilanka
Australia

Semi Final
India vs Srilanka -------------> India
SA vs Australia -------------> Australia

Final
India vs Australia

Rahul Dravid handed over the cup.

India will beat Srilanka in a bitterly fought semifinal. Australia will trounce SA in the other semi setting up a 2003 encore - but this time only to go down to the Men In Blue.

Sehwag will prove vital with both bat and ball throughout the tourney. Yuvraj will give way to Dinesh Karthik as his lack of preparation will show in the early games. India must use Sreesanth only to rest Zaheer or Munaf for the initial games.

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Blogger Venki said...

i was waiting for other teams to be announced, u have completely ruled out wi dont forget they are the hosts..

10:00 pm  
Blogger APAM NAPAT said...

venki,
WI will not make the semifinal cut. We are talking about consistently winning game after game. They might spring a upset or two but it is never going to be enough and hopefully it will not be against India.

7:08 pm  

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